Christe — girls' name
331 babies named Christe in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Christe was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Christe in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Christe
The Social Security Administration has registered 331 babies named Christe between 1951 and 1985, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Christe currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Christe performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Christe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Christe in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Christe in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 331 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Christe at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Christe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1951
- Peak year (1974)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
331 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 25 births in a single year.
Christe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 148 births that decade — 45% of Christe's all-time total
Christe decade highlights
- Peak decade 148 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Christe's strongest decade
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Christe by state
Where Christe concentrates geographically — total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 331 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1951–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.